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Her heart went out to hi in silence “Callum, why?”

Pulling his hand away, he looked down at the bowl of cereal “Icouldn’t”

Until noith her He had told her

“Were you engaged?” Hazel asked

“Not yet I was going to propose the next weekend”

Seeing hi how the woman and the baby had died This ti me, Callum I kno difficult that was for you” He looked at her, the darkness fading “I want you to know if you ever need someone to just listen, I can be that person for you”

He took her hand in his “I know you can, but I’ain”

After long seconds of staring into his candid eyes, Hazel nodded “Okay”

“Are you going to be my daddy?” Evie blurted out

“Evie,” Hazel admonished “That is rude” Clearly she hadn’t understood anything Hazel and Callum had just said Adult talk

Callum chuckled “What makes you ask that, Evie?” Callum asked

“You keep touching my mommy”

“Your ood friend of mine”

“I would like you to be my daddy,” Evie said

“Evie, that is enough”